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Anthropology

ornotna

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6. It's been known for many years

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2020, 06:40 PM

Dec 2020

I used to live in SA in the mid to late sixties. As a Boy Scout we camped there for a week. Red Sea Troop 1!
Near by are an old Ottoman fort and the rail system that Lawrence of Arabia attacked and bombed. I still have a piece of the old narrow gauge track.

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HEGRA, AN ANCIENT CITY IN SAUDI ARABIA UNTOUCHED FOR MILLENNIA, MAKES ITS PUBLIC DEBUT [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2020 OP

What an amazing find! I will always be in awe of their architecture! Thanks for posting. 42bambi Dec 2020 #1

Hard to believe that could happen! I didn't know about it until seeing this artical. Thanks. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #7

Wow! lillypaddle Dec 2020 #2

It's great learning people could do this kind of thing so long ago, isn't it? Yikes. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #8

I visited Petra as a teenager... loved it, never forgot it! So happy there's another one! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #3

You are beyond lucky to have seen that! The photos of Petra, and online info. are astonishing. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #9

I was very lucky! Also, Goreme is carved into the Cappadocian hills and fascinating. Karadeniz Dec 2020 #13

At least two thousand years old. PatrickforO Dec 2020 #4

Thanks, so much, for checking it out. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #10

Love it - thanks for sharing. nt iluvtennis Dec 2020 #5

Thank you, ILT. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #11

It's been known for many years ornotna Dec 2020 #6

Red Sea Troop, yet! My goodness! So glad Lawrence of Arabia failed to destroy it. Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #12

It seems even stranger, after having time to sink in, that they claimed, in the title: Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #14

I suppose that's what the author meant ornotna Dec 2020 #15